Back Into a Hand

Definition When a player backs into a hand they are in the pot to make one hand but end up drawing to another.

Back Raise

Definition The term back raise refers to when a player first makes a flat call, faces a raise from a player in a later position, and then re-raise that player.

Backdoor

Definition Backdoor straights and backdoor flushes are the bane of many poker players' existence. Making a backdoor hand means you've sucked out on an opponent.

Backer

Definition Backers are people who put up the money for others to play in poker games. Backers are usually either poker players themselves or businessmen.

Backgammon

Definition Backgammon is a game that incorporates luck and skill, a game where many poker players, such as Gus Hansen and Phil Laak, honed their skills as gamblers.

Bad Beat

Definition Bad beats are cause for tirades for poker players like Phil Hellmuth and Mike Matusow. Giving a bad beat means you've sucked out on an opponent.

Bad Beat Story

Definition A bad beat story is a tale of woe about a poker hand in which a player lost when he was, at one point, a statistical favorite to win.

Badeucy

Definition Badeucy is a combination of 2-7 Triple Draw and Badugi. Half the pot is awared to the best 2-7 hand, the other to the best Badugi hand.

Badugi

Definition Badugi is a game in which players are dealt four cards and have to make the best low hand consisting of four unpaired and unsuited cards.

Ballys

Definition Bally's Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas is one of the Harrah's properties that has a small but popular poker room centrally located in the casino.